emprestar

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Asturian

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Etymology

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em- +‎ prestar.

Verb

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emprestar

  1. to lend, loan

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese emprestar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from en- +‎ prestar (to lend).

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Verb

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emprestar (first-person singular present empresto, first-person singular preterite emprestei, past participle emprestado)

  1. to lend
    Synonyms: deixar, prestar
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 196:
      Et ante doze dias que chegase a Santiago hũu rromeu que jazia doente ẽno camino, rrogou a aquel caualeiro que lle enprestase o caualo en que podese yr a Santiago, ca en outra maneira morreria ca nõ podia andar.
      and twelve days before arriving to Santiago a pilgrim, who was lying sick in the way, begged that knight to lend him his horse to go to Santiago, because otherwise he would die because he couldn't walk

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From em- +‎ prestar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾesˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾesˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾesˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾesˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeʃˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾeʃˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeʃˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeʃˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾesˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾesˈta(ɻ)/
 

Verb

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emprestar (first-person singular present empresto, first-person singular preterite emprestei, past participle emprestado)

  1. (transitive) to lend; to loan (to give temporarily) [with direct object ‘something’, along with a or para or indirect object pronoun ‘to someone’]
    • 1981, Janusz Korczak, Quando eu voltar a ser criança, Editorial Summus, page 93:
      Emprestei para uma porção de gente, mas ninguém me devolve.
      I have loaned to a bunch of people, but nobody pays me back.
    • 2013, Taís Holetz, Páginas de tempestade, FAEST Editora, page 46:
      Espero alguém que me empreste seu casaco em dia de chuva.
      I’m waiting for someone who lends me their coat in a rainy day.
  2. (Brazil, transitive) to borrow (to obtain temporarily)
    Synonym: pegar emprestado
    • 2007, Hélio Pires, O Diário do S.U.S.to, Clube de Autores, page 70:
      Eu tenho urgência da carteira e emprestei do meu amigo, []
      I need the wallet urgently and I borrowed from my friend, []

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From em- +‎ prestar. Compare Portuguese emprestar, Italian imprestare, Sicilian mpristari.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /empɾesˈtaɾ/ [ẽm.pɾesˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pres‧tar

Verb

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emprestar (first-person singular present empresto, first-person singular preterite empresté, past participle emprestado)

  1. (transitive, Latin America) to lend

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